Genealogical news from Spokane, Washington, USA, and the Inland Northwest.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Rest Stop Fundraiser Nets $600!

Saturday and Sunday, September 13th and 14th, members of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society manned the free coffee station at the Eastbound Sprague Lake rest stop along Interstate 90, about 40 miles west of Spokane. Supplied with gallons of coffee and tens of dozens of cookies, the volunteers brought in over $600 in donations that weekend! It was a great opportunity to meet with people from not just all over the Inland Empire, but from around the world as well. Canada, England, and Vienna, Austria were just some of the home countries of the international travelers we met! Questions about genealogy and family history and about our society were answered, and people were invited to either attend one of our own meetings or to contact their local public library to discover where a genealogical society in their home town meets.

Miriam Robbins Midkiff would like to publicly thank the following individuals who volunteered in some capacity or another, whether it was purchasing or baking cookies and/or manning the station, or contributing financially toward the supplies that needed to be purchased for this fundraiser to take place:

2 comments:

Miriam,Wow! Talk about thinking outside the box! What an original way to educate folks about genealogical societies and do some fundraising at the same time. Hats off to the members who thought up this idea. I hope you will post some background on this event. Have you done this sort of thing before?

Kathryn, it is part of the Washington State Department of Transportation's program to keep drivers alert and alive by allowing non-profit groups to provide free coffee (and certain baked goods, if desired) at rest stops along the interstate and state highways. Donations are allowed to be accepted. Read more here.

This was the second rest stop fundraiser I participated in (and coordinated). EWGS has been doing this for many years now.

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